Sanitary bail-ring.



G. A. HARTMAN. SR.-

SANiTARY BAIL RING.

APPUCATION FILED MAR. 6. 1917.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917f enonen LBERT I-IARTMAN, ea, or nouns, rtnruors.

SANITARY BAIL-RING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 30, 1917.

Application filed March 6, 1917. Serial N 0. 152,914;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE ALBERT HART- MAN,Sn, a citizen of the United States, re

siding at Homer in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Bail-Rings; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to attachments de signed to be applied toreceptacles and more especially to fruit jars and the like whereby thesame may be readily converted into pails.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improvedattachment of this character which is designed to be applied to fruitjars of the Mason type in such a manner that the jar may be utilized asa milk pail, and which is so constructed that all parts thereof arereadily assembled and detached from the jar when desired.

A supplemental object of the invention is to provide an improved deviceof this character which, owing to its simplicity will be sanitary andmost eflicient and which will be cheap to manufacture and easilyapplied.

With these general objects in view and with other subordinate objectswhich will appear from the description, my invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be morefully herein described and claimed when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved bail ring;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a fruit Jill having my ring appliedthereto.

In detail my improved device comprises a flat metal ring 1 preferably ofaluminum or of any suitable material, having its inner diameter ofsubstantially the external diameter of the mouth of a fruit jar 2 of theMason type, so that it may be readily applied over the mouth of the jarand rest on the annular shoulder 3 which is usually provided on jars ofthis type.

Integrally formed at diametrically opposite points on the outer edge ofthe ring 1 is a pair of upstanding lugs or ears 4 inclined outwardlyfrom the body of the jar and apertured near their upper ends to receivetherethrough an ordinary bail or handle 5 which is preferably formed ofa section of bent wire, but may be formed of any suitable material andtype as desired. The handle 5 is designed to be detachably engaged withthe ears i and forms no part of my present invention, the inventionbeing restricted to the ring and the manner and method of applying thesame to a jar as disclosed in the accompanying drawings.

In operation the ring 1 is applied over the open mouth of the jar 2 withthe bottom fiat surface resting on the shoulder 3 and the usual packingwasher 6 may then be applied to the upper face of the ring and the metalcap 7 screwed over the mouth of the jar whereby to clamp the packingwasher 6 against the ring and force the same against the shoulder whichwill securely bind the ring on the mouth of the jar below the cap 7.When the handle 5 is engaged with the ears l the jar may be used as apail for transporting the contents from place to place as desired. Byinclining the ears 4 outwardly from the body of the jar a sulficientclearance is provided whereby the fingers of a person may be passedbetween the ears and the cap 7 when the same is being turned to unscrewit from the mouth of the jar and, owing to the flat surface of the ringas well as the dimensions of its inner diameter, there is provided anefficient bottom surface against which the packing washer 6 will becompressed to act as a more efiicient packing means than will theordinary annular shoulder 8.

It is obvious that with slight alterations the device may be applied fora considerable number of uses and I desire to be understood that I donot intend to limit myself specifically to the details of constructionand materials employed and described here in, but I intend that anychanges may be made in these details and materials as may fall withinthe scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

An article of the class described comprising a flat ring of a size to bereceived over i pair of upstanding apertured earsvproject-V and adaptedto seat upon the annular shoulprojection of said ears providingclearance der of a fruit ar having a reduced threaded for the fingers ofa. person When screwing or 10 month portion and to be clamped thereonunscrewing the cap.

by the cover of the gar, sald ring, having 51 GEORGE ALBERTHARTMAN, SR

ing outwardly therefrom et dimnetrigolly Witnesses opposite: points, abail handle pivotally CHABLE JD. Bret, mounted in said apertures and theoutward CLARENCE E. KRUGH.

W nes thitpetent may be obtained for'zire eents each, by addressing the"Commissioner ofPatents, Washington, D. G.

